Travel through time with Control-M
join us on the journey from batch processing to modern-day digital business automation
HISTORICAL BEGINNINGS
The first wave of IT automation began with Batch Processing, which in it earliest form, was performed with punch cards and tabulating machines
1975 First personal computer released.
1966 IBM introduces Job Control Language in the DOS/360 operating system.
1945 IBM develops first magnetic disk drive capable of random access memory.
1945 ENIAC, the first general-purpose, programmable digital electronic computer, is built, weighing in at 30 tons.
1935 Women hired at NASA as “Human Computers”; African-American women recruited starting in 1943.
1931 IBM builds custom “supercomputer” tabulating machine for Columbia University.
1906 First automatic feed tabulator is developed with a speed of 150 cards per minute.
1890 Batch Processing begins with a tabulating machine using information stored on punched cards used in the 1890 U.S. Census.
1980s
The second wave of IT automation came in the late 1980s with static time- and date-based events for mainframe systems, also known as Job Scheduling.
1988 The Hubble Space Telescope is put into operation.
1988 Static time- and date-based events now called “Job Scheduling.”
1987 Static time- and date-based events come on the scene.
1987 Control-M begins its life as a mainframe solution.
1985 UNIX gains popularity throughout the 1980s.
1982 A need arises for mainframe scheduling.
1981 Xerox introduces the first commercial graphical user interface (GUI) system, heavily influencing Apple and Microsoft.
1980 Sony Walkman introduced to the U.S.
1990s
1999 Event-driven scheduling replaces static time- and date-based scheduling.
1999 Key platforms used in the data center are supported by Control-M.
1994 Distributed machines (UNIX) become important to the enterprise.
1993 Number of applications starts growing.
1992 Mid-range becomes increasingly important to the enterprise (AS400, VMS).
1991 Control-M becomes the first enterprise-wide job-scheduling solution.
2000s
2009 Control-M offers robust database element support.
2005 Forecasting allows Control-M users to analyze future batch flows of jobs using what-if scenarios, as well as utilize agentless scheduling.
2004 Control-M adds file transfer (FTP) and SOA support.
2004 E-commerce has become the norm.
2004 SLAs in solution introduce path to business alignment.
2003 Architecture/product design shift allows for the next set of features and upgrades to be introduced.
2002 Number of applications continues to grow.
2001 Wikipedia is created.
2001 Microsoft Windows becomes a key platform in the data center.
2001 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions are important to many organizations.
Early 2010s
The third wave of IT automation is Workload Automation, arising from a virtualized infrastructure with both unstructured and structured data, and capable of policy-driven workload management.
2013 Control-M supports Apache Hadoop and Backup.
2012 Number of applications continues to grow; business users are empowered to seek their own solutions.
2012 Control-M 8 is released.
2012 Mobile devices are used by both casual and power users.
2011 Control-M adds cloud and virtualization support.
2010 Control-M helps customers keep up with policy-driven workload management.
2010 Job Scheduling discipline is now called “Workload Automation.”
2010 Control-M introduces self-service interface for business users.
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Mid-2010s and Now
Quick on Workload Automation’s heels is the fourth — and current — wave, Digital Business Automation. Encompassing massive amounts of streaming data coming from myriad sources — mobile, cloud-based, IoT, and adaptive/ machine-learning applications — IT must be agile, as new technologies and data sources rapidly develop.
2018 Digital Business Automation is the next wave of IT automation, an adaptable platform- and technology-agnostic ability to deliver digital business services.
2017 80% of Fortune 1000 companies surveyed say Big Data investments are successful.
2017 Houston Astros win the Major League Baseball World Series; all of BMC headquarters is still smiling.
2017 Voice-activated controls for home automation go mainstream.
2016 Control-M offers a cloud-based solution, and enters the DevOps space with Control-M Automation API and Control-M Workbench.
2016 Blockchain technology goes from buzzword to investment.
2015 Control-M 9 is released.
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